The overriding concern in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is dignity. The implications for mental health policy are discussed. The U.S. may not ratify the convention, but it should serve as a guide for state lawmakers and mental health professionals involved in children's issues. (DM)

Although young adolescents need recognition and dignity every day, the Month of the Young Adolescent is a time for celebration and awareness of the value and hope that they bring to our future. The key to success is for every participating adult to take students aside for a real conversation. (MLH)

Reflects on the elderly within the perspective of solitude, emphasizing questions of existence and human uniqueness as elements of analysis. Does not discuss abandonment during old age, but centers on the process of learning, which the person realizes through the years of constructing an individual maturity. (BT)

Slave families and rural Southern black families afterward were remarkably stable; black women during and after slavery were supportive of their men; man and wife were close to today's ideal of individual strength and development. (Author/KM)

Excerpts from speeches delivered at a Symposium on Outdoor Recreation and Education (Washington, D.C., February 26-28, 1969).

Paper presented before the Regional Western Divisional Meeting of the National Association for Mental Health, in Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 16, 1968.

The article discusses the stress felt by those involved in bilingual programs. (NQ)

The annotated bibliography describes and evaluates books and articles on death and dying for use by teachers and curriculum developers. (Author/DB)

Intercollegiate athletics should focus on the individual participant in her primary role as a college student, not follow the men's model of "nothing counts but victory." (MM)

Rather extensive examination covering topics of evolution of environment, mental health and the environment, development of policy and action, and environmental design. Presents a three-dimensional conceptual matrix (strategy) for evaluating the environment: (1) Levels of Policy-Action; (2) Levels of Environment; and (3) Levels of Human Needs. (LK)

Suggests that present restrictive view of training advocated by federal authorities may lead only to short term economic gain and requests that counselors working with disadvantaged groups support a more liberal approach to human development in Manpower training programs. (Author)

A new theory of literary criticism is required to correct white misunderstanding of black literature. (IR)